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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Archives collections belonging to and managed by the Museum's Department of Ornithology.

Found in 198 Collections and/or Records:

Catalogue of birds in exhibition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn17
Scope and Contents

Catalogue of birds in the exhibition collection at the American Museum of Natural History. Entries for each bird include museum number, original number, name, sex and age, date, locality, name of collector, name of donor, dimensions, and remarks. The catalogue spans two volumes and was originally begun by Edgar A. Mearns during the period 1883-1884. Information in the volumes spans 1812-1994.

Dates: 1883-1994

Catalogue of birds in study collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn18
Scope and Contents

Catalogue of birds in the study collection at the American Museum of Natural History. Catalogue entries for each bird include museum number, original number, name, sex, date, locality, name of collector, name of donor, dimensions, and remarks. The catalogue spans 47 volumes.

Dates: 1870s-2011

Catalogue of bones of birds in the American Museum of Natural History

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn16
Scope and Contents

Catalogue of bird bone specimens at the American Museum of Natural History. Entries for each specimen include museum number, original number, name, sex, date, locality, name of collector, name of donor, character of specimen, and remarks. The catalogue spans one volume.

Dates: 1888-1982

Cecil Underwood collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn114
Scope and Contents

Notes and sketch map, Cecil Underwoods collecting localities in Honduras, list of birds, envelope of loose labels

Dates: 1940s

Chapin file: African Collectors and Travelers

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn34
Scope and Contents

Collectors of birds, arranged alphabetically by collector's name. Some correspondence and some photographs.

Dates: mid-1800s-1970s

Chapin file: maps and localities (PT)

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn35
Scope and Contents

James Paul Chapin's maps (arranged alphabetically) and bibliography (arranged chronologically) pertianing to Old voyages to Congo.

Dates: 1904-1966

Chapin file: people of special interest

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn33
Scope and Contents

Hand written notes on people of special interest from American Museum Congo Expedition, Congo Independent State, and Congo Republic. Includes clippings, correspondence, biographical information, some photographs, including one 3-D photo and film.

Dates: 1940s-1960s

Chapin Kivu notes I, II, III file cards

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn38
Scope and Contents

Card file notes from James Paul Chapin's sojourn in the highlands west of Lake Kivu.

Dates: 1930s-1970s, undated

Chapman Award card files

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn25
Scope and Contents

Card files on research grant awardees. Also contains information on the research paper on grant funded research.

Dates: 1950s-1990s

Chapman Fellows and Grant Recipients Paper files

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn26
Scope and Contents

Paper files pertaining to recipients of Frank M. Chapman Fellowship Award.

Dates: 1959-2003